18th Annual Good FridayDevotional Concert

"Joyous. Eternal. Light."

Friday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m.

Welcome to the PPC Music Ministry Web site!

PPC's distinguished history of musical excellence, including celebrated conductors, singers and organists, has long played a major role in the congregation's worship and outreach.

PPC's Music Ministry currently encompasses three adult choirs, two children’s choirs, a handbell choir, two praise bands and several ad hoc ensembles, led by a talented professional and volunteer staff across three language communities. Our ongoing concert offerings include the Friends of Music series and the weekly Music at Noon. This Web site will help you discover how you can enjoy PPC's rich musical offerings, and perhaps even how you can become involved.

Organist Timothy Howard opens Pasadena Presbyterian Church’s 2014–2015 Friends of Music concert series with a free recital on the church’s magnificent Aelian-Skinner pipe organ on Monday, November 10, at 8:00pm. The church is located at 585 E. Colorado Blvd. (corner of Madison Ave.) in the Playhouse District of downtown Pasadena. The recital is co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. As are all programs on the seven-concert Friends of Music series, the recital is free (a freewill offering will be taken). Free parking is available and the Sanctuary is handicap-accessible.

In his program, Howard will play music by Johann Sebastian Bach, André Fleury, Paul Halley, and Cal State Northridge Professor Emeritus William Toutant. Howard will also create an improvisation for the program.

With gratitude to everyone who participated in our October 25 Social/Fundraising event, we are pleased to announce that we came very close to our fundraising target. With nearly 100 items on offer from more than 30 donors, food catered by our friends at El Portal restaurant, we not only saw success in fundraising but also had a genuinely good time together. This was the first time we've held the Fall fundraiser at Pasadena Presbyterian Church; participants agreed that PPC's Gamble Lounge and South Hall were agreeable spaces for the silent auction, food and drink.

Seven concert events have been announced for Friends of Music's 2014–2015 season. In addition to the Series' traditional offerings of Candlelight & Carols in December and the Good Friday Devotional Concert in April, there are two organ recitals on the church's iconic Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, and two concerts by PPC resident groups. As has become customary, the season wraps up with "Jazz for the City" in June.